An integrated health delivery platform, targeting soil-transmitted helminths (STH) and canine mediated human rabies, results in cost savings and increased breadth of treatment for STH in remote communities in Tanzania

• Main Authors: Felix Lankester (Author), Alicia Davis (Author), Safari Kinung'hi (Author), Jonathan Yoder (Author), Catherine Bunga (Author), Shayo Alkara (Author), Imam Mzimbiri (Author), Sarah Cleaveland (Author), Guy H. Palmer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of a 90% reduction in neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2030 requires innovative control strategies. This proof-of-concept study examined the effectiveness of integrating control programs for two NTDs: mass drug administration (MDA)...